he was calling up the manufacturer to mail him a manual since the boat didn’t come with one….

Jive Turkey

Do this be one of dem free Obama phones? I needs to be gettin’ me one.

socalrailroader

Yep, and 23 years from now our cell phones will look just as outdated, I don’t get this “let’s make fun of old tech by comparing it to today’s tech”. It was those “big things” that made the “little things” possible

ScottM

Holy crap, I actually had one of those. That was my first “cell phone”. Brings back a lot of memories, mostly bad memories…

cheezer88

Only 799…after you save 350.

TheKenDroid4

If I had that battery purse for my T-bolt, I’ll bet I could make it past four hours without a recharge.

easy1jay

The next big thing is already here?

faber

lol, comments crack me up

faber

lol….comment s crack me up

eddy

nice mustache!! Matches nicely with the phone

John Jenness

Wow, $799 back then might as well have been a million bucks!

abqnm

Verizon is announcing this next week as the Motorola Droid BRIK.

S2556

I sure hope Verizon doesn’t pass on this one!!

Clint O

Can we get an AOKP port please?

Executor 32

My mom used to have a ridiculously big Radio Shack phone like that back in 1995, when she was doing a weekend paper route for extra Christmas cash. It came with a carry bag, though, which had separate compartments for the cellular radio and the battery (the biggest part of the phone), with a magnetic thing on the outside of the bag to clip the corded handset on.

$799?? After $340 savings? And people are bitchin about a $200 upgrade cost…..

http://twitter.com/davidbavin David Bavin

That was 23 years ago bro. Times change.

abqnm

With inflation, that comes to $1484.46…
And just for reference, the $199 upgrade cost would have been $107.11 in 1989.

talkdj

I had one of those (I also had a moto 10 channel head end with a harris transmitter) was it a mittsubishi or an audiovox? Don’t remember…..still wish I had my Moto brick phone like the one Michael Dougals used on the beach watching the sun come up in the movie Wall Street, I loved that phone.

duke69111

I wonder if this thing actually go signal anywhere?

kendokan

You’d be surprised how much better voice quality we got back then.

Diablo81588

All month battery life!

JoeTi

That’s awesome!! It would surprise you how many bag phones I sold in 2008 that were not all that much smaller.

Work Procrastinator

Interesting that the price of a phone is about the same price after all these years.

kendokan

Capabilities aren’t though. Back then? No screen. No data. No texting. No cameras. No Bluetooth. No call waiting. You could make a phone call, and you could receive a phone call. And… yeah, that was it.

Steve S

I don’t know what is more amazing…that phone or the fact that Radio Shack is still in business!

Leo

Business is slow today huh lol

RoadsterHD1

Don’t make them like that anymore. Good times!!!

RoadsterHD1

I just upgraded from that. It was a great phone.

http://www.facebook.com/princesation Prince Dela Cruz

and people still complain about the prices for current phones … just be happy your money isn’t going towards bricks !

HuskerHog

I had one of these that would only connect to the cigarette light in the car.

http://twitter.com/g1701gst Greg

I think it has a bigger battery than my MAXX!

talkdj

I think it has a bigger battery than my ‘vette!

schmaltzy

Still better than an iPhone!

http://www.facebook.com/kevin.niven.1 Kevin Niven

Wow that makes my Motorola Razr look kick ass!!

http://twitter.com/garagelogician Jeff C

Look how far we’ve come.

Isn’t capitalism and the profit motive great?

http://bit.ly/n77abtme Nate

I wonder what coverage and speeds were at that time? lol

HotRodJohnson

Radio Shack Nexus!

jroth

Does this support Tethering at .00001kbs?

Don Demon

Im feeling old.

http://www.youtube.com/kimirPORTALS kimir

Still a better map than iOS Maps.

Tony Byatt

I love the top comment for that video…

Baconator

Ya! Save $340 TAKE MY MONEY!

DanWazz

Activated this through Pacific Bell, so I could “reach out and touch someone.”

al brown

hell, bet it gets ICS before the bionic

shehippie

LOL…you seriously just made me choke on my coffee! :p

leoingle

You sir win the comment of the week. Tell him what’s he’s won Bob!

S.Ober

WTF is Radio Shack

Jonbo298

Darnit, I’m only the 99th one to upvote this. So much win

CopierITGuy

Best…
Comment…
EVER!!!

richard melcher

If I could get 4G at work I would carry around a box that big.

Chris Marquardt

OMG I remember when those first came out. The “Brick” was the in thing back then. Just after your TV remote control was your kids. Thanks for reminding me how old I am

kendokan

The Motorola brick was my first cellular phone. Frankly the digital coverage is just now getting to the point where it’s as reliable as the old analog networks.

Sven Enterlein

Most excellent and transportable. Two people required. The word “carrier” gets a completely new meaning! (and I love the bubbly Radio Shack logo)

ace

Haha…My dad had one of those huge Motorola bag phones. It looked like a purse.

Telly S

It probably was a purse and he told you it was a phone. Did the color of his purse match his high heels, er, work boots?

T4rd

I still have mine. Sitting my my upgrade to see what’s around the corner because that’s what everyone keeps telling me to do.

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